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Swiss foreign minister discusses security issues with North Korea

Straits Times30 October 2026, 12:56 UTCSwitzerland

ZURICH, Oct 30 - Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Friday that he had discussed security challenges affecting European and Asian nations with North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during a visit to Pyongyang for the formal reopening of Switzerland's diplomatic office there.

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